ELF Board of Directors

Letter from our Board of Directors

Dear Community Members,

We are pleased to report that our financial position continues to grow. Our board feels strongly that growing our endowment to the $1,000,000 level is very achievable. With our ever-improving financial position, ELF has been able to increase the funds available for grants. If you are interested in applying for a grant, please click here.

If you have a desire to assist ELF and its efforts to continue to build the endowment, please feel free to contact us at 413-529-3354 or email us.

Should you have any questions about ELF, please feel free to contact any of the Board members.

The Board of Directors wishes to thank the community for the support we have received over the past several years, as we continue to try to have a positive impact on public education in Easthampton.

The Board of DirectorsEasthampton Learning Foundation

Board of Directors

President, Stan Paulauskas F.P.S. Inc.

Treasurer, Charles McCullagh, Jr. The Williston Northampton School

Secretary, Tom Brown Easthampton Savings Bank

Emeritus

David Boyle

Thomas Brown

Judi Corbeil-Lebel

Patricia Duda

Nancy Labombard

Jean Stawarz

Thomas Conner

Randall Counsman

Christa McCauley

Dick Perras

Elizabeth Provo

Edward Wagner

We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution

On Saturday, January 30th, 12 Easthampton High School juniors and seniors participated in the We the People Constitutional Hearing Competition against 6 other MA schools at the Edward M. Kennedy Senate Center in Boston. The competition requires students to become "experts" on certain aspects of the Constitution on which they are required to both testify using prepared statements and answer questions without notes. Kelley Brown's students placed 2nd, only behind the Williston Northampton School. Williston and EHS were the only western Massachusetts teams in attendance. Williston's teacher was our own school committee member, Peter Gunn. Kudos to the city of Easthampton for our public and private school students! This spring the students will visit the Edward M. Kennedy Senate Center to participate in a Senate simulation as part of the ELF grant. Students will get to debate a current bill roleplaying current U.S. Senators in the full replica of the U.S. Senate at the center. Pictured above, EHS students Alexis White, Sarah Gallant and Andrew Connelly testify about significance of the Declaration of Independence and its founding principles.